Black-throated green warbler
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Setophaga virens
Life Span
6 years
Weight
9
0
goz
g oz 
Length
11.5-14
4.5-5.5
cminch
cm inch 
Wingspan
17-20
6.7-7.9
cminch
cm inch 

The black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

Cr

Crepuscular

Di

Diurnal

Ca

Carnivore

In

Insectivores

Ar

Arboreal

Te

Terrestrial

Te

Territorial

Mo

Monogamy

So

Solitary

Mi

Migrating

B

starts with

Appearance

It has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks. Adult males have a black throat and upper breast; females have a pale throat and black markings on their breast.

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Measurements:

  • Length: 4.3–4.7 in (11–12 cm)
  • Weight: 0.3–0.4 oz (8.5–11.3 g)
  • Wingspan: 6.7–7.9 in (17–20 cm)

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Distribution

Geography

The breeding habitat of the black-throated green warbler is coniferous and mixed forests in eastern North America and western Canada and cypress swamps on the southern Atlantic coast. These birds' nests are open cups, which are usually situated close to the trunk of a tree.

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These birds migrate to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and southern Florida. One destination is to the Petenes mangroves of the Yucatán. Some birds straggle as far as South America, with the southernmost couple of records coming from Ecuador.

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Black-throated green warbler habitat map

Climate zones

Black-throated green warbler habitat map
Black-throated green warbler
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Habits and Lifestyle

Black-throated green warblers forage actively in vegetation, and they sometimes hover (gleaning), or catch insects in flight (hawking). Insects are the main constituents of these birds' diets, although berries will occasionally be consumed.

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The song of this bird is a buzzed zee-zee-zee-zooo-zeet or zoo-zee-zoo-zoo-zeet. The call is a sharp tsip.

This bird is vulnerable to nest parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird.

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Seasonal behavior
Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

Mating Habits

MATING BEHAVIOR
INDEPENDENT AGE
6 to 8 days

Population

References

1. Black-throated green warbler Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-throated_green_warbler
2. Black-throated green warbler on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22721689/132146396
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/691157

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